Improvement in portable decorative balconies for windows



L. A. BRUMENT & s. GOLDBERG. Portable Decorative Balcony for Windows.

No. 222,006. Patented Nov. 25,1879.

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ATTORNEYS.

k. PETERS, PHDTO-LITNDGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PA ENT OFFIoE.

LOUIS A. BRUMENT AND SIGMUND GOLDBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE DECORATIVE BA'LCONlES FOR WINDOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patentllo. 222,006, dated November 25, 1879; application filed I September 9,1879.

and SIGMUND GOLDBERG, of the city, county,

and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Portable Decorative Balcony for Windows, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to furnish a porpable balcony of ornamental character adapted for attachment upon a window-sill for the purpose of giving an improved appearance to a house, and for use as a support for flowerpots, &c., which balcony may remain as a permanent fixture or be removed with facility, as required.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of our portable balcony as applied to a window, and partially in section, to show the construction. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on the line a: m of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is our improved balcony, applied to a window, of which a a are the side frames, 1) the bottom frame, and 0 the stone sill. The balcony A is made of metal rods or tubes d, with top and bottom rails 0, connected and braced together by interlaced wires f in a durable manner, and it is to be made more or less ornamental, as desired.

The balcony consists of a bottom,front, and

ends, the back or side next to the window be-.

ing left open; and it is made of alength to fit snugly between the side frames, to, and wide enough to project beyond the sill c, on which it rests. a

At the inner and upper ends of the top rails, 0, eyes or sockets g g are formed or attached, the position of these eyes being such that they lie in the rabbet of the side frames, at. Upon each side frame, a, there are two eyes, h, attached by screws or otherwise, so that they will be securely and permanently held, the position of these eyes h being such that the eyes g of the balcony coincide with the upper eye h, and the lower eye 71. is directly below and near the bottom frame, I).

A rod, 43, passed through the eyes g h h at each side of the window, serves to connect the balcony in place.

Upon the bottom end rails of the balcony are tubular sockets k. The socket k at each end of the balcony receives the end of the bracket or brace m, the outer end of which is formed with a shouldered portion, that takes against the face of the sill e, and serves as an additional support for the balcony.

The braces m are retained in their respective sockets it by set-screws Z, or equivalent devices, which permit of their adjustment according to the width of the sill.

In the bottom of balconyA is a sheet-metal pan, to, which sits loosely in place, so as to be readily removed.

The above construction furnishes a portable balcony which may be readily attached to any window, and imparts an improved appearance to the window from either side, and is adapted for use as a receptacle for flowers in pots, or the pan u may contain soil.

When desired, the balcony can be removed from the outside and placed at the inner side of the window, for which purpose the eyes it will be attached at the inner side of frames to.

The bottom frame, b, of the window is pierced with holes to receive the rods 0, that project beneath the pan a. These rods serve as an additional support for the pan, and are to be used also for supporting the balcony when it is placed inside on windows thatdo not have a sufficient projecting ledge. In this case the rods are to be drawn inward, with their ends projecting, and the balcony will rest upon them, the rods being sustained by frame b.

We do not limit ourselves to the fastening devices exactly as described, nor to the balcony made exactly in the manner and form shown, as these details may be varied without departing from our invention, and the balcony can be made highly decorative.

The balcony is intended to be manufactured as an article for sale for application to any house.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The portable balcony, constructed as shown and described, in combination with eyes h, rods d i, brackets m, and rods 0, adapted to be adjusted in holes through the window-sill to support the soil-pan on either side of the window, substantially as set forth.

LOUIS A. BRUMENT. SIGMUND GOLDBERG.

' Witnesses:

Gno- D. WALKER, G. SEDGWICK. 

